Tag: African American
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Short Introduction
To do list: Apply to graduate school Choose a date to take the GRE Study for the GRE Figure out how to pay for these outrageous application fees Call my momma…I have not talk to her in more than three weeks. I wish I could say I was relaxing my senior year, you know taking…
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The Memories of Those You Are Remembering
Yesterday, I finally received my photocopies from Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture located in Harlem, New York. I took off of work for the remainder of the day and started my research back up. It is a beautiful thing when a researcher is reunited with her researcher. I had no idea where to…
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They Will Be Remembered
I am not an historian. When I went to the deep South for the first time in 1963…I received my first bibliography on the black experience in this country. It came not from a university professor, but from a black SNCC worker. I have made the personal discovery of the history of my people…
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Great Expectations
We hold these truths that we all have expectations for ourselves and others. I see this as one of the hardest aspects of genealogy (or doing a family’s history). The more I uncover about the Flowers family the more expectations I hold for each individual. When I first “met” Rachel Flowers, I thought she was…
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Our Faith Is Unshattered
Like Trayvon Martin’s father, my heart is broken. I am sad to say that I expected this verdict. There is much to love about our country, but there are also things that happen to black people every day that make you want to put your head down and cry.” Dr. Maurice Johnson, I cannot…
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Her Resume: Hilda Clifford Flowers Wilson
I wonder why her middle name is Clifford. First and foremost, I would like to apologize for my inactivity on the blog. I was originally going to post about Hilda’s diary entries, yet deciphering her handwriting became to big of a task especially when I am working at the same time and planning a…
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Geraldine Louise Wilson
Geraldine Louise Wilson was born on December 28, 1931 to Herbert and Hilda Wilson. She was the couple’s first child. The only census with information regarding Hilda is the 1940 Census. The above picture was taken from Temple University’s yearbook from 1955. She lived on 1345 North Alden Street at the time majoring in Elementary…
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Did Google Just Become My Best Friend?: “Re-Introducing” Geraldine Louise Flowers
I have just return from spending three days with my head in boxes of information from the home and office of Hilda Flowers Wilson and her daughter Geraldine Wilson. It almost became emotional for me to hold notes written by Hilda, but I held it all together. I was not about to cry or…
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And The Research Begins
I have just arrived in Jackson, Mississippi after spending a week in New Orleans. I love New Orleans, but it was too much. The city that is and also knowing the situation the city is in concerning poverty, education, etc is heart-breaking. Plus, I am far from a big city girl, I like the…
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Re-Introducing Mrs. Hilda FLowers
I have been home for about almost two weeks now and I am actually preparing to leave soon. In the next few weeks, I will be traveling to Jackson, Mississippi to do research on Rachel Flowers’ sister, Hilda Clifford Flowers Wilson. Now, that I am home, I am reunited with my research again and…
Diary of a Historian 